Sara Gallagher always felt like an outsider in her adoptive family. Now that she has finally found happiness in her life with a promising business, a young daughter she adores and an upcoming marriage to a wonderful man she loves, Sara, at 33, is ready to find her birth parents. However, when she finally locates and meets her birth mother, the woman wants nothing to do with Sara. Her rejection leads to the devastating discovery that Sara was conceived during a brutal attack by an infamous serial killer who, after almost 40 years, has never been caught.

Things go from bad to worse when through a series of betrayals Sara's story becomes public knowledge and is featured on the Internet and television. It's only a matter of time before her biological father contacts her, demanding to meet her and his granddaughter. If she doesn't agree to his terms, he threatens to continue murdering people. Even though the police promise to protect Sara while they use her as bait to catch the man, he seems to always be one step ahead of them. All this tension is bringing out violent tendencies in Sara, causing her to fear she may be more like her father than she realizes. Even though Sara's life will never be the same, will she be able to control her disturbing feelings and eventually find a satisfactory conclusion to this horrible situation?

Told alternately through Sara's insightful point of view and her sessions with her therapist, Ms. Stevens gives a chilling account of a woman whose life has been taken out of her control by a series of events she could never have imagined. Once you start this gripping psychological thriller, you won't be able to put it down. At times, you will want to shake Sara for some of the choices she makes, but you will also be cheering for her to emerge the victor. The riveting outcome of NEVER KNOWING will astonish readers -- an impressive feat for any book.